Copying IMAP spool from one server to another
Craig McLean
craig at fukka.co.uk
Sat Dec 10 12:44:32 UTC 2005
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Dave MacRae wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently installed a Fedora 4 based system and want to use it as my
> main mail server. I've installed dovecot and Squirrelmail successfully
> and both work.
>
> My issue is that my current mail spool is located on another server
> (Dreamhost) to which I can't get direct access to the mail folders.
>
> Is there an easy way to copy my mailspool from the existing server to my
> new server?
You could use thunderbird/kmail/whatever and drag-drop the mail over to
the new local IMAP folders, or you could use fetchmail,
http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/
Regards,
C.
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